Bill Text: IL HB5207 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that individuals licensed pursuant to the following Acts who have been actively licensed for 10 or more consecutive years with no prior disciplinary action or pending disciplinary proceedings shall be deemed compliant with continuing education requirements upon completion of half the number of hours required by the individual licensing Act or administrative rule: the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985; the Electrologist Licensing Act; the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act; the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code; the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989; the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989; and the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide either a certified shorthand reporter or electronic recording means (rather than only a certified shorthand reporter) to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case in which a license may be revoked or subjected to other disciplinary action. Specifies that if an electronic recording is used by the Department, the electronic recording shall serve as the official record of the proceeding and may not be transcribed unless requested and paid for by the party requesting transcription, except as otherwise provided by law. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5207 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5207-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5207 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2105/2105-16 new
20 ILCS 2105/2105-115 was 20 ILCS 2105/60f
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that individuals licensed pursuant to the following Acts who have been actively licensed for 10 or more consecutive years with no prior disciplinary action or pending disciplinary proceedings shall be deemed compliant with continuing education requirements upon completion of half the number of hours required by the individual licensing Act or administrative rule: the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985; the Electrologist Licensing Act; the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act; the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code; the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989; the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989; and the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide either a certified shorthand reporter or electronic recording means (rather than only a certified shorthand reporter) to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case in which a license may be revoked or subjected to other disciplinary action. Specifies that if an electronic recording is used by the Department, the electronic recording shall serve as the official record of the proceeding and may not be transcribed unless requested and paid for by the party requesting transcription, except as otherwise provided by law. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
changing Section 2105-115 and by adding Section 2105-16 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 2105/2105-16 new)
Sec. 2105-16. Continuing education. Notwithstanding any
provision of an individual licensing Act or administrative
rule, individuals licensed pursuant to the following Acts who
have been actively licensed for 10 or more consecutive years
with no prior disciplinary action or pending disciplinary
proceedings shall be deemed compliant with continuing
education requirements upon completion of half the number of
hours required by the individual licensing Act or
administrative rule: the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair
Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985; the Electrologist
Licensing Act; the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing
Act; the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code; the
Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989; the Illinois
Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989; and the Illinois
Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Nothing in this

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Section relieves a licensee of the obligation to fully complete
coursework in any specifically mandated topic area.
(20 ILCS 2105/2105-115) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60f)
Sec. 2105-115. Certified shorthand reporter; transcript.
The Department, at its expense, shall provide either a
certified shorthand reporter or electronic recording means to
take down the testimony and preserve a record of all
proceedings at the hearing of any case in which a license may
be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary status,
reprimanded, fined, or subjected to other disciplinary action
with reference to the license when a disciplinary action is
authorized in any licensing Act administered by the Department.
If an electronic recording is used by the Department, the
electronic recording shall serve as the official record of the
proceeding and may not be transcribed unless requested and paid
for by the party requesting transcription, except as otherwise
provided by law. The notice, complaint, and all other documents
in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed in the
proceedings, the transcript or electronic recording of
testimony, the exhibits, the report of the board, and the
orders of the Department shall be the record of the
proceedings. Notwithstanding any provision of an individual
licensing Act or administrative rule, the The Department shall
furnish the record for a judicial review proceeding to any
person interested in the hearing upon payment therefor of $1

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per page. The Department shall also furnish the record,
excluding the transcript if transcribed by a court reporting
service under contract with the Department, to any person
interested in the hearing upon payment therefor of $1 per page.
These charges are in addition to any fee charged by the
Department for certifying the record. The Department may
contract for court reporting services, and, in the event it
does so, the Department shall provide the name and contact
information for the certified shorthand reporter who
transcribed the testimony at a hearing to any person
interested, who may obtain a copy of the transcript of any
proceedings at a hearing upon payment of the fee specified by
the certified shorthand reporter. This charge is in addition to
any fee charged by the Department for certifying the record.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; 100-262, eff. 8-22-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.